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Make a free guideLooking for a Light Tone equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Light Tone (Army Painter Fanatic) in Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Diorama FX, Monument Pro Acryl, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Light Tone, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Dark Red ToneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Orange ToneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseLight ToneArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Balthasar GoldCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Amber SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.